Want to win the palace fight? Better to be crazy than to be idiotic!

"Xunyin and I were sent to the palace to work since we were young. We were not allowed to leave the palace, and all the money we earned was sent directly back home."

Yuxiao looked at Xunyin, who nodded, agreeing with her.

"I no longer remember the faces of my parents and brothers and sisters. I only have one wish in my heart - to give them a good life. For this purpose, no matter how hard or tiring life is in the palace, I can endure it."

"So I can understand your attachment to your family. If I lost the thought of my family, I would probably be devastated and have no hope in life."

Su Feiran sniffed, held Yu Xiao's hand, and choked up, "I'm sorry. I miss home so much that I make you sad too."

"I've already told you that you are our master. You don't have to apologize to us for anything you do." Yu Xiao smiled gently, and took Xun Yin's hand with his other hand. The two of them sat by Su Feiran's bed and looked at her. "As long as we are by your side, our lives belong to you. If we make you unhappy, it would be our dereliction of duty, so the master must be safe and happy."

Su Feiran took the robe handed to him by Xunyin, wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, and forced an ugly smile: "How can I do this? I am exhausted after walking 800 meters, and I can't even carry my own life on my shoulders. If one day you find a better way out, then you can pursue it freely, but don't stay with me."

After hearing this, Yu Xiao held Su Feiran's hand and remained silent for a moment. She turned her head away and sobbed quietly.

"What are you doing? Why are you all crying? This kind of heavy atmosphere is not suitable for me!"

Su Feiran patted his face, feeling much more awake, and rolled over and got out of bed.

Yuxiao and Xunyin looked over and saw Su Feiran take out a piece of rice paper from the storage compartment and spread it out on the paper. Yuxiao gave him a look and Xunyin stepped forward to grind the ink. Yuxiao brought a scroll of a court painter's practice work for Su Feiran to choose from and copy.

Su Feiran stared at the practice works in a daze. In the past, she had carefully studied the masters' brushwork and diligently researched the techniques, but today she didn't want to do that.

The green mountains, green waters, plants, dead rocks, pavilions, and all living beings in the past... She could not draw their shapes, nor their souls, simply because these things were not in her heart, and therefore could not come to life in her writing.

She wanted to draw a picture that only she, Su Feiran, could draw.

"Bring some paste and silk cloth," Su Feiran ordered. "Bring more. I want to make a long scroll painting and present it to His Majesty at the shareholders' meeting tomorrow."

Yuxiao and Xunyin looked at each other, the sadness they had just felt had disappeared without a trace.

Yu Xiao hesitated for a moment and advised, "Master, why don't we think of other ideas? Others have offered their best skills. Although the master does not want to compete with them and has not prepared in advance, he cannot fall behind."

"At least... I can't fall too far behind others..." Yu Xiao thought to himself.

Xun Yin also stepped forward to dissuade him: "Yes, Master, even if we learn from Xie Cainv and rehash what she did, it's fine! In this huge palace, Master is the only one who knows the foreign language so well. If Master wants to show off his skills, no one can stop him!"

"Please don't offer me any more paintings! The emperor hasn't asked me to sleep with him these days. Who knows if he doesn't like my paintings? -" Xunyin cried out in her heart.

Despite the dissuasion from her right-hand men, Su Feiran still insisted on doing it. She rolled up her sleeves with great vigor, her ambitions rising from the depths of her chest, and wrote: "Don't be afraid! This time I will become famous in the world as a great man!"

The scene is in my mind, all I have to do is put it into writing!

Su Feiran was full of confidence, while Yu Xiao and Xun Yin were in tears.

The master has no idea! It's okay to scribble in the bedroom, but how can you frame the child's work into a scroll and present it to the emperor in front of dozens of concubines!

Moreover, I heard from Concubine Jia earlier that the Queen Mother would also attend the shareholders' meeting in person and have fun with the concubines in the back garden. The Queen Mother didn't like Su Feiran in the first place, so Su Feiran was jumping into the fire pit!

The loyal servants believed that honest advice was unpleasant to the ear, and they could not change Su Feiran's determination no matter how hard they tried. Yu Xiao and Xun Yin almost died to persuade him, and they tried all other methods, but they could only watch Su Feiran write one meaningless line after another on the paper.

The two had no choice but to follow Su Feiran's orders and get the paste and silk cloth. Yu Xiao specifically asked Empress Xian for the silk cloth with the brightest colors and the most eye-catching patterns, hoping that when presenting the painting, everyone would pay more attention to the silk cloth and less to Su Feiran's masterpiece.

When Yuxiao came back, she saw Xunyin standing beside Su Feiran, but her expression was very different from before. She was in high spirits, constantly asking Su Feiran some questions, and sometimes helping to revise a few strokes.

Yuxiao wondered, could it be that Su Feiran suddenly became a great man?

She put down the silk cloth and walked forward. When she saw Su Feiran's painting, she was startled for a moment, then her brows widened and she carefully examined every stroke on the paper.

After half a month of practice, Su Feiran's painting skills have improved greatly. At least people can tell what she is painting.

On the drawing paper, every stroke was full of emotion, and the shapes were more regular than Su Feiran's previous drawings. Yu Xiao was shocked by Su Feiran's progress, but no matter how she looked at it, she couldn't understand what she had drawn.

On the first piece of paper, Su Feiran drew a long river. On the other side of the river were many square buildings, and a tower made of a triangle and a cylinder. Su Feiran seemed to be drawing a night scene, but the night sky seemed to be flowing paint, full of swirling vortices and undulating lines, as if the air and the stars were just some dancing points of light.

"'The Bund on a Starry Night,'" Su Feiran finished painting, putting his hands on his hips and introducing, "I used postmodernism to blend the works of Master Van Gogh with the scenery of my hometown. The bright colors here mainly highlight that the people on the Bund are as happy as the stars in the sky. On the Oriental Pearl Tower, I used geometric shapes and abstract elements to outline the shape of the tower. I don't need to say more, and you don't have to rush to praise me. This must be a rare masterpiece!"

Yuxiao and Xunyinchen suddenly realized: "Oh——"

In fact, they didn't understand anything.

They just thought the painting was okay, and they could present it in public without losing face. Although they didn't understand what was in the painting, the combination of various colors was quite beautiful.

Then, Su Feiran worked hard again, painting a picture of "Mona Lisa Flag Raising Platform", and proudly introduced it. Yuxiao and Xunyin cheered him on, but were at a loss as they could not understand anything.

Soon after, Su Feiran created a series of abstract works including "Water Lilies Three Gorges Dam", "Guernica Sun Moon Lake", "Victory Dance Summer Resort", and "Ice and Snow World No. 1948 in ".

After using up countless rolls of paper, the work was done. Su Feiran happily introduced the paintings to Yuxiao and Xunyin one by one, and never tired of listening to their ever-changing praises.

"Is the master's hometown really in the ancient dynasty?" Xunyin asked in a low voice.

"I'm a little doubtful now." Yu Xiao said in a low voice.